The Saints are fun and playing hard.
Don't tell the New Orleans Saints the season is over. With another win on Sunday over the New York Jets, the Saints are playing loose, well, and are very fun to watch. Tyler Shough threw for over 300 yards, Chris Olave put on a show, and the Saints gave Taysom Hill a bit of a send-off with his involvement in the offense in what could be his final game in New Orleans.
Here are three takeaways from Sunday's 29-6 win over the Jets:
The Saints offense is clicking
On 78 plays, the Saints offense totaled 412 yards at 5.3 yards per play and nearly scored 30 points. The playcalling has been stellar the past few weeks. Shough was impressive again with 308 yards on 32/49 for 6.3 YPA and a touchdown.
Olave was a star on Sunday with ten catches, 148 yards, two touchdowns, and 14.8 yards per reception. His two touchdowns were over 20-plus yards down the field with one over the middle and one to the deep right quardrant. Juwan Johnson added eight catches for 89 yards as Shough continues to roll and stack great performances down the stretch.
Farewell, Taysom Hill?
The 35-year old Saint might have played his final game in New Orleans, and it felt like Kellen Moore understood that and mixed in Hill early and often. Hill became the first player in NFL history with 1,000 passing, rushing, and receiving yards in a career. Hill rushed 12 times for 42 yards, connected on a 38-yard touchdown to Olave, and caught four passes on six targets for 36 yards.
"My wife, my wife asked me that this morning," Hill recalled, clearly choked up. "And I didn't really feel any type of way this morning. As I was driving to the stadium today, you just start to think about the last nine years, and what it's meant to me and my family, and this city, and stuff. So, I think for me personally you try to take it all in."
Farewell, Cam Jordan?
Sunday was clearly a big moment for Jordan as his family and friends were loaded into a skybox watching Jordan's potential final game in New Orleans. The Saints legend delivered a vintage performance with two sacks, two pressures, and four defensive stops.
If this is the last game for Jordan, it will punctuate an excellent career in the NFL. Truly one of the underappreciated players of our time.